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<FONT color="green">001</FONT>    package org.codemonkey.util;<a name="line.1"></a>
<FONT color="green">002</FONT>    <a name="line.2"></a>
<FONT color="green">003</FONT>    import java.io.Serializable;<a name="line.3"></a>
<FONT color="green">004</FONT>    <a name="line.4"></a>
<FONT color="green">005</FONT>    /**<a name="line.5"></a>
<FONT color="green">006</FONT>     * Guarantees an object can produce and populate itself with a string value, not unlike deserialization.<a name="line.6"></a>
<FONT color="green">007</FONT>     * &lt;p&gt;<a name="line.7"></a>
<FONT color="green">008</FONT>     * This class is like {@link Serializable} except it's a much simpler version where the object itself provides the serialization code.<a name="line.8"></a>
<FONT color="green">009</FONT>     * <a name="line.9"></a>
<FONT color="green">010</FONT>     * @author Benny Bottema<a name="line.10"></a>
<FONT color="green">011</FONT>     * @param &lt;T&gt; The type of object produced by {@link #deserialize(String)}.<a name="line.11"></a>
<FONT color="green">012</FONT>     * @see #deserialize(String)<a name="line.12"></a>
<FONT color="green">013</FONT>     * @since 1.0<a name="line.13"></a>
<FONT color="green">014</FONT>     */<a name="line.14"></a>
<FONT color="green">015</FONT>    public interface SimpleSerialization&lt;T&gt; {<a name="line.15"></a>
<FONT color="green">016</FONT>            /**<a name="line.16"></a>
<FONT color="green">017</FONT>             * Makes the object convert itself to a string representation.<a name="line.17"></a>
<FONT color="green">018</FONT>             * <a name="line.18"></a>
<FONT color="green">019</FONT>             * @return A &lt;code&gt;String&lt;/code&gt; representation of the current &lt;code&gt;Object&lt;/code&gt; that can be used to recreate an instance of the same<a name="line.19"></a>
<FONT color="green">020</FONT>             *         type using {@link #deserialize(String)}.<a name="line.20"></a>
<FONT color="green">021</FONT>             */<a name="line.21"></a>
<FONT color="green">022</FONT>            String serialize();<a name="line.22"></a>
<FONT color="green">023</FONT>    <a name="line.23"></a>
<FONT color="green">024</FONT>            /**<a name="line.24"></a>
<FONT color="green">025</FONT>             * The general contract of &lt;code&gt;deserialize&lt;/code&gt; is:&lt;br /&gt;<a name="line.25"></a>
<FONT color="green">026</FONT>             * Instance &lt;code&gt;T a&lt;/code&gt; equals &lt;code&gt;T b&lt;/code&gt; where &lt;code&gt;b = new T().deserialize(a.serialize())&lt;/code&gt;.<a name="line.26"></a>
<FONT color="green">027</FONT>             * <a name="line.27"></a>
<FONT color="green">028</FONT>             * @param value A String value as produced by {@link #serialize()}.<a name="line.28"></a>
<FONT color="green">029</FONT>             * @return A populated Object from a String produced by {@link #serialize()}.<a name="line.29"></a>
<FONT color="green">030</FONT>             */<a name="line.30"></a>
<FONT color="green">031</FONT>            T deserialize(String value);<a name="line.31"></a>
<FONT color="green">032</FONT>    }<a name="line.32"></a>




























































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